Girl Guides, Quetta, 1938

Photograph, India, 1938.

The Indian Girl Guides Association were established in 1911, one year after Agnes Baden-Powell (sister of the founder of modern scouting Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell) had established the organisation in Britain. In 1928 the Indian Guides joined the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts as one of its founder members. The Quetta Company, like all the companies in British India, were directly registered with the imperial scout headquarters in London.

From a group of 720 photographs collected by Colonel F T Birdwood OBE, Indian Army, 1916-1945.